Eastern Medical College Journal (Eastern Med Coll J) upholds the
highest standards of academic integrity and maintains a strict plagiarism
policy in accordance with guidelines from the International Committee of
Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Screening Process:
Plagiarism is the use of other published or unpublished ideas, text,
data, or other intellectual property without appropriate permission or attribution.
All submitted manuscripts are screened using trusted plagiarism detection software.
This helps identify textual similarities with previously published work. The journal
does not rely on a single similarity percentage for decision-making. The editorial
team conducts a mandatory manual investigation of any flagged content to distinguish
between legitimate similarity (e.g., common methodological phrases, correctly quoted
text) and unethical plagiarism.
Author Responsibility:
Authors are solely responsible for ensuring the complete originality of their
work. All sources must be properly cited, and any verbatim text must be placed
in quotation marks.
Actions Taken Before Publication:
Minor, unintentional textual
similarity may be returned to the authors for correction.
Manuscripts with evidence of significant plagiarism,
data misappropriation, or intentional misconduct will be rejected immediately. The
editor may also impose a ban on future submissions from the authors and will notify
the authors affiliated institutions.
Actions Taken After Publication:
If plagiarism is confirmed in a published article,
the journal will initiate a formal investigation following COPE guidelines.
This will result in the retraction of the article and the publication of a formal
retraction notice. The journal will notify the authors affiliated institutions
or employers.
